Bluetooth technology is to be installed in Taipei Main Station to help passengers navigate the station, Taipei Deputy Mayor Charles Lin (林欽榮) said on Tuesday.
Lin made the announcement at a news conference for the “smart city” exhibition — which is to start on Tuesday next week and run through Friday in Taipei’s Nangang Exhibition Hall — as part of a citywide initiative to incorporate “smart” technologies into its services.
The use of smart technologies is critical to sustained urban economic development and is an international trend, Lin said.
The Taipei City Government is to begin using smart technologies this year for city administration, public infrastructure and municipal services, with the goal of introducing smart technologies to 6,000 households, he said.
“The best laboratory for smart city technologies is the city itself,” Lin added.
Taipei Main Station is where multiple national and regional public transit systems converge, resulting in a complex, multi-level building that is not always easy for commuters to navigate, Taipei Department of Information Technology Commissioner Lee Wei-bin (李維斌) said.
Although there are maps posted throughout the station, a field test revealed that the likelihood of becoming lost in the station is about 90 percent, Lee said.
The Department of Information Technology decided to install Bluetooth iBeacon devices in Taipei Main Station to help people navigate the station, he said.
Bluetooth iBeacon provides navigation indoors using a bandwidth that is less affected by confined spaces and interference from walls, Lee said.
The city government is to open a smart city project office on Monday, Lin said.
The smart city exhibition is being co-organized by the Taipei Computer Association and the city to showcase Internet of Things technologies, the city government said.
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